High Court ends 13-year amputee football dispute with ruling in favour of NSA and NPC Ghana
The Ghanaian High Court has ruled in favor of the National Sports Authority and the National Paralympic Committee, ending a 13-year governance dispute over amputee football. The court dismissed claims by the Ghana Amputee Football Federation and issued orders restraining specific individuals from representing the sport.
Why it matters
This ruling provides legal clarity and institutional stability for the administration of disability sports in Ghana, ending a long-standing conflict that hindered the sport's development.
One of the longest-running legal disputes in Ghanaian sport has come to an end after the High Court ruled in favour of the National Sports Authority (NSA) and the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) Ghana (NPC Ghana), bringing a 13-year governance battle over amputee football to a close.
The ruling affirms the authority of the NSA and NPC Ghana over the governance and official recognition of amputee football within Ghana’s national sports framework.
Delivering judgment in the case, Ghana Amputee Football Federation v. National Sports Authority & Others, at Commercial Court 6, Justice Jerome Noble-Nkrumah dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims in their entirety, ruling that the case presented by the NSA and NPC Ghana was more convincing. The Court also granted the reliefs sought in the defendants’ counterclaim.
The Court awarded GH¢60,000 in costs to each of the NSA and NPC Ghana, although the two institutions had sought GH¢250,000 and GH¢200,000, respectively.
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